The Chamber’s Leadership programs are designed to nurture and engage the leadership skills of potential and current leaders by providing an atmosphere that stimulates and fosters diverse viewpoints, resulting in innovative answers to the critical questions facing our community. The program strives to create awareness and to connect leaders with issues; it is not an academic leadership training program. Leadership Sarasota County's programs, which started in 1984, includes community immersion, leadership training, and educating participants in "how things work" in our community and our county.